Nick DiGiovanni

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Nick DiGiovanni
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Born
Nicholas Channing DiGiovanni

(1996-05-19) May 19, 1996 (age 28)
Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. [1]
Education Harvard University
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Last updated: March 29th, 2025
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Nicholas Channing DiGiovanni is an American chef and content creator who has set multiple food-related Guinness world records. [2] [3] [4]

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Early life

Nick DiGiovanni was born on May 19th, 1996, in Providence, Rhode Island, to Chris and Sudie DiGiovanni (née Naimi). [5] He is of Italian, Persian, German, and British descent. [6] [7] He is the oldest of four brothers. He became interested in cooking at a young age by watching his grandmother and great-grandmother cook meals for the family. [8]

DiGiovanni graduated from Milton Academy in 2014. He attended Harvard University, where he created his own concentration called "Food and Climate". [9]

Career

During his senior year of college, DiGiovanni attended a casting call for season 10 of MasterChef . [10] He was selected to compete on the show and finished in third place overall. [10] To film the show, DiGiovanni reportedly left in the middle of the semester at Harvard without informing his professors. He returned the next season as a mentor for finalists. [11] After completing MasterChef and graduating from Harvard, DiGiovanni began to post cooking videos on YouTube. [12]

In 2021, DiGiovanni was included in the Rhode Island 30 Under 30 list for Food and Drink. [13] The same year, DiGiovanni won YouTube's Streamy Award for Food, an award recognizing the world's top food creator of the year. [14] Additionally, in 2021, DiGiovanni participated in the #TeamSeas campaign founded by YouTuber MrBeast, which raised $30 million to clean up 30 million pounds (14 million kilograms) of trash in the ocean. [15]

In 2022, he partnered with Chipotle to donate 20,000,000 pounds (9,100,000 kg) of food. [16] He was a Webby Award recipient in 2022. [17]

In 2024, he returned as a guest judge and mentor on the 14th season of MasterChef. [18]

Guinness records

In November 2021, DiGiovanni, with Lynn “Lynja” Yamada Davis, broke the Guinness World Record for the largest-ever cake pop, which weighed 97 pounds 8.52 ounces (44.240 kg). [19] [20] [21] [22] In June 2022, he broke another Guinness World Record for the largest-ever chicken nugget, which weighed 20.96 kg (46.2 lb). [23] In August, he visited the most fast food restaurants in 24 hours (69 restaurants). [24] In October, he beat Gordon Ramsay's record for the fastest time to fillet a 10 lb (4.5 kg) fish by five seconds; completing it in exactly one minute. On the same day, he constructed the world's largest sushi roll, which measured at 2.15 metres (7 ft 1 in) in diameter. [25] In November, he and Nigel Ng created the largest fortune cookie at 1.47 kg (3.2 lb) [26] and made the largest donation of turkey in 24 hours (64,463.44 kg (142,117.6 lb) - roughly 7,620 turkeys). [27] On May 11, 2023, [28] DiGiovanni, alongside Ramsay, broke the Guinness World Record for the largest Beef Wellington, which weighed 25.76 kg (56.8 lb). This was his ninth Guinness World Record and was broken in partnership with celebrity chefs Ramsay, Max the Meat Guy, Guga Foods, and the Golden Balance. [29]

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryResultRef.
2021 11th Streamy Awards FoodWon [30]
2022 12th Streamy Awards Nominated [31]
2023 13th Streamy Awards Won [32]

Filmography

List of television appearances
YearTitleRole
2019 MasterChef Contestant (Placed 3rd)
2021 MasterChef Mentor
2021 The Drew Barrymore Show Self
2022 Live with Kelly and Ryan
2022 Selena + Chef
2024 MasterChef Guest Judge

Bibliography

YearTitlePublisher
2023Knife Drop: Creative Recipes Anyone Can Cook ISBN   978-0744076776 DK/PRH (New York)

References

  1. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpZ0_C_4Ua0&t=17s
  2. ↑ "Meet the Local "MasterChef" Contestant Who Might Make Food TV History". Boston Magazine. August 6, 2019. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
  3. ↑ Barganier, Erich (November 10, 2021). "Fans Are Loving This Exchange Between Guy Fieri And Nick DiGiovanni - Mashed". Mashed.com. Retrieved April 13, 2022.
  4. ↑ Bertoni, Steven. "Top Creators 2024: The Influencers Turning Buzz Into Billions". Forbes. Retrieved December 4, 2024.
  5. ↑ "SHAPUR NAIMI Obituary (1928 - 2020) - Brookline, MA - Boston Globe". Legacy.com .
  6. ↑ "Nick DiGiovanni Answers TikTok Comments". YouTube .
  7. ↑ "TikTok Star Nick DiGiovanni Shows Drew How to Make Scalloped Scallops | Drew's Cookbook Club". www.thedrewbarrymoreshow.com. August 12, 2021. Retrieved April 13, 2022.
  8. ↑ "Nick DiGiovanni has taken his talents to TikTok and beyond". In The Know. May 25, 2021. Retrieved April 13, 2022.
  9. ↑ Aggarwal-Schifellite, Manisha (June 18, 2019). "Recent grad Nick DiGiovanni competes on 'MasterChef'". The Harvard Gazette. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
  10. 1 2 Aggarwal-Schifellite, Manisha (June 18, 2019). "Recent grad Nick DiGiovanni competes on 'MasterChef'". The Harvard Gazette. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
  11. ↑ Jensen, Edyn (June 2, 2021). "Harvard Alumni Nick DiGiovanni To Mentor Season 11 Of "MasterChef"". WBZ NewsRadio. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
  12. ↑ Iwegbue, Annabel (September 27, 2021). "Pro Chef Nick DiGiovanni Tested Cheap vs. Expensive Gourmet Food!". Cosmopolitan. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
  13. ↑ "Forbes 30 Under 30 2021: Food & Drink". Forbes. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
  14. ↑ Spangler, Todd (October 20, 2021). "YouTube Streamy Awards 2021 Nominations Announced, MrBeast Leads With Seven Nods". Variety. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
  15. ↑ Hirsh, Sophie (November 9, 2021). "MrBeast's #TeamSeas Aims to Clean 30 Million Pounds of Ocean Trash". Green Matters. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
  16. ↑ "CHIPOTLE TAPS THE FARMLINK PROJECT AND TIKTOK CHEF NICK DIGIOVANNI TO FIGHT FOOD INSECURITY THIS WINTER". Yahoo Finance. December 14, 2022. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
  17. ↑ Chan, J. Clara (April 5, 2022). "Webby Awards: Stephen Colbert, Drew Barrymore and Jon Stewart Among Podcast Nominees". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 13, 2022.
  18. ↑ "'MasterChef' season 14 episode 3 recap: 'Gen Z Auditions' [LIVE BLOG]". GoldDerby. June 13, 2024. Retrieved July 15, 2024.
  19. ↑ "TikTok stars Nick DiGiovanni and Lynja create world's largest cake pop". Guinness World Records. January 28, 2022. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
  20. ↑ "TikTokers team up to make world's largest cake pop". UPI. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
  21. ↑ "Wait, What? Chefs Make Giant 44 KG Cake Pop; Set Guinness World Record". NDTV Food. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
  22. ↑ "TikTokers bake world's largest-ever cake pop at nearly 100 pounds". pennlive. January 31, 2022. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
  23. ↑ "TikTok stars Nick DiGiovanni and Lynja create world's largest chicken nugget". Guinness World Records. June 11, 2022. Retrieved November 28, 2022.
  24. ↑ "Most fast food restaurants visited in 24 hours". Guinness World Records. August 10, 2022. Retrieved January 16, 2023.
  25. ↑ "Fastest time to fillet a 10 lb fish". Guinness World Records. October 7, 2022. Retrieved January 16, 2023.
  26. ↑ "Largest fortune cookie". Guinness World Records. November 12, 2022. Retrieved January 16, 2023.
  27. ↑ "Largest donation of turkey in 24 hours". Guinness World Records. November 14, 2022. Retrieved January 16, 2023.
  28. ↑ I Broke A World Record With Gordon Ramsay, June 10, 2023, retrieved June 12, 2023
  29. ↑ "Gordon Ramsay helps Nick DiGiovanni create world's largest beef wellington". Guinness World Records. June 10, 2023. Retrieved June 11, 2023.
  30. ↑ "11th Annual Winners". Streamy Awards . Retrieved August 27, 2023.
  31. ↑ "12th Annual Winners". Streamy Awards . Retrieved August 27, 2023.
  32. ↑ "13th Annual Winners". Streamy Awards . Retrieved August 28, 2023.,
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